Clark County election officials said turnout for the primary was low. Only 11,651 of 87,014 registered voters -- 13.4 percent -- cast a ballot.

Election inspector John Spencer said he believes lack of Republican Party contenders is to blame for the lack of turnout.

"In Republican Party primary races there aren't contenders. There might be only one person for particular office, so it wouldn't generate a lot of turnout necessarily on that side, whereas on Democratic ballot, there are several people contending for the same race," Spencer said.